Looked like a troll to me.

If it was, it got the desired response.

Regds

In message , Olaf Peuss writes
omniscient idiot wrote:

[flaming in this thread]
Anybody would be very relaxed after a couple of weeks in a Carribbean
resort. I'd say that there are loads of people in Chris's position.
Fair point. Though I am not one of the wiser men of the internet....

would say some criticism toward Mr. Brady is necessary. After all, I
suspect a good number of people (myself included) routinely read the
newsgroups to determine whether this thing is a good idea, what would
be the best etc. in this case, this is almost an unofficial consumer
review of the Citizen thingy. In other words, if you somehow review
something to be read by many people, do it well.

My sentiments exactly. Before one starts criticising a product or
service, the critic should consider whether all points have been
reviewed fairly and that it isn't just a flame on the item being
subjected to a "critique" (or rather, in that case, criticism).
Unfortunately, Chris Brady seems to be good at criticising but his
ability of accepting his own mistakes - and he made quite a few of them
- doesn't seem to be at eye level with his capability of criticising. :-(


That said, I hope Mr. Brady does not become markedly withdrawn or
angry at this world due to this thread (sorry, folks ... I do not
intend to heap even more insult to insult to injury) - I hope we will
learn how to say things without excessive flame, as you apparently do
(though it is an art I haven't mastered myself). But again, this is a
newsgroup - and an alt. one at that. Regards, oi

I'm certainly far from being the most tactful person in the world. In
fact, I usually take a quite direct approach. However, I don't think
that I've ever called anyone names or verbally abused anyone. It's all
very well within "the Usenet standards" and although there's always
room for improvement, I don't think that I've been overly condescending
with our poor Chris Brady. It's also worth noting that he hasn't
replied to anyone in this group although he has received quite a lot of
feedback - probably because it hasn't been the feedback that he hoped
for when he posted his article - goes to prove my point that he isn't
good at accepting the fact that he alone is responsible for the
mistakes in that Citizen watch purchase.
Hope he hasn't thrown himself in front of a train, at least not without
bequeathing said Citizen watch to a charity organisation. ;-)

Kind regards,
Olaf


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Richard Faulkner